Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 308 212 Is that what I thought?

Chapter 308 212. Is that what I thought?

[Producer: Mika Ishino]

[Script: Mika Ishino]

[Music: Atsushi Shirakawa]

…

After clearing "To the Moon", the president of the Elf Club, Hiruda Masato, was so surprised when he saw the list of production credits that his jaw almost dropped.

"Ishino Mika is so strong!"

Although he knew Ishino Mika was a very powerful girl before, because she had produced "Belt Boy"

He became the future successor of Pokeni who inherited the legacy of Furuhara Chunqiu at that time, and was considered a leader in the galgame field.

Later, after Furuhara Chunqiu returned, she served as the main planner of "CLANNAD" and "LIFE-LINE", which further illustrates her strength.

But in Hiruda Masato's impression, there has never been a situation where the producer and the script were shouldered like this.

Now, this girl is simply unbelievable!

In addition to Hiruda Masato, many people in the industry have also praised Ishino Mika, saying that she is really an amazing producer, and she can also write her own scripts, which makes her a comprehensive and multi-faceted genius.

In today's era, it is really rare to be able to do so many things at the same time.

…

Meanwhile, among pokeni.

"Ishino, you are so awesome!" Akane Ayase praised.

"Huh?" Ishino Mika was working and raised her head blankly when she heard Akane Ayase's voice.

Are you praising me for no reason?

Could it be said that "To the Moon" has achieved quite good results and reputation? !

Who knew Akane Ayase smiled and said:

"In the past, the blades were sent separately. The producer would receive most of them, and then the script writer would also receive about 30% of the blades. The rest... others would share some of it.

This time, congratulations, all the blades are for you alone. "

Akane Ayase gave her a thumbs up.

Ishino Mika has black lines all over her head.

"Huh? Is this considered an honor?"

She glanced at Ayase Akane's feet. There were several large boxes stacked at the door of the company.

No need to ask, there must be heavy blades inside.

Seeing these boxes, Ishino Mika felt bad.

"Of course." Ayase Akane said seriously as she directed the security guard to help her move the blade box into the warehouse, "The number of blades determines how unpopular this person is with players, hahahaha."

As Ayase Akane let out a series of wild laughter, Ishino Mika narrowed her eyes and wanted to chop her to death.

You can't hide the look in someone's eyes that wants to kill you.

Upon seeing this, Akane Ayase quickly pulled the security guy away from the scene.

Ishino Mika was left alone and messy in the wind.

Woohoo.

hateful!

I was the only one sent a razor blade.

I...I was forced to do so!

The script can't have the characters "Guyuan Chunqiu" written on it, right?

If you want to name Chunqiu Furuhara, it's basically a producer or supervisor. It's strange to have an old senior and an iconic figure in the company to serve as the script writer. No matter how you look at it, it's weird, okay? !

What's more, the president originally provided an outline, and many details were completed by Ishino Mika. There is nothing wrong with saying that she is the script author.

The president himself didn’t want to sign it.

Thinking about it now, it is very possible that this guy Qing Zhiyuan had expected this day.

hateful! ! !

The president, this idiot, gave me all the blades!

…

Famitsu quickly gave an evaluation of the new game "To the Moon":

[To the Moon is definitely the most touching galgame this year.

I'm very lucky to see such excellent works in the second half of the year.

The game itself has a very beautiful and dreamlike style, like telling a beautiful fairy tale.

The background music is also touching enough.

A fairy tale. A work of art.

The plot also has a strong impact.

The story is unfolded through flashbacks.

So in the first half, questions keep popping up one after another. Even as you continue to explore and the game progresses, the mysteries get bigger and bigger.

This kind of game narrative method is actually quite novel. The flashback technique casts a mysterious color on the whole game, and all the foreshadowing makes you want to explore further.

However, because of this narrative technique, this game can only be played twice.

Just like detective comics, the most exciting and interesting part is the moment when the mystery is finally solved, the truth is revealed and the murderer is found.

However, this is a one-time thing.

After you know the murderer, when you read the novel again, it will lack some of the original shock.

But why do you say you can experience it twice?

It's because during the second experience, you no longer play the role of a detective, but the participant who relives the details of the story after knowing the answer.

A lot of the content is a mystery, a puzzle, a confusion, and a confusing mess that makes people confused when they experience it for the first time.

You don't even know what it's saying or why it's doing it.

But when you experience it for the second time, you will understand that there is a reason why they behave like this.

And these reasons will become the biggest driving force of this character.

This time, it is a real experience of life.

Understand the psychological differences of each individual.

But after that, you've chewed up "To the Moon" inside and out, and there's nothing left to experience.

There is no courage and no motivation to support you to experience it a third time.

This is the biggest charm of the game "To the Moon".

If pokeni's "Onmyoji" is a game that must be played and can only be played once in a lifetime.

Then "To the Moon" is a game that can only be played twice in a lifetime. 】

[Fantasy game style, beautiful music, touching game plot...

This work brought by Mika Ishino is really the most touching galgame this year.

Consider it lucky for the players.

Players who like galgame must not miss it.

"To the Moon"

A story about promises, love, wishes and staying together for a lifetime. 】

["To the Moon" has reached the top level in the field of galgame, whether it is the painting style, music, or script.

pokeni's performance on galgame is as stable as ever.

The game is very good.

Worth buying. 】

[The unique decryption mode is to find the truth by going to the old man’s past memories. There are very interesting creations in the setting.

Although the entire game does not have much combat or gameplay, it is excellent in interpretation techniques.

"To the Moon" allows you to feel the charm of the characters in the game up close while participating.

It's not so much a game as it is a stage play.

When playing this game, you will have a very strong feeling of sitting in the audience watching a drama.

This is not a disparagement, but a compliment.

Because its entire interpretation technique and the performance of the characters will give you a great psychological tremor.

This is something that ordinary galgame narrative methods cannot achieve. 】

…

The editors of Famiton really love this game and have given many very positive comments. Many of the contents are even based on the editors’ true feelings after their own personal experience.

But the overall score is not high, only 27 points.

This can be regarded as an old tradition of pokeni. Because the gameplay is not high enough, galgame basically takes a beating in terms of ratings.

The story is strong and has strong appeal, which is also an old tradition of pokeni.

After both Goleton and Famiton gave endless praise for "To the Moon", many players began to buy the game.

The main thing is to experience what the editors call novel flashback techniques and stage drama-style plot interpretation.

I'm very curious about what this kind of interpretation is like.

…

However, the sales results of Going to the Moon are not particularly ideal for Qing Zhiyuan.

It's not that it's bad, but compared to the previous CL and LL, even the earlier "Belt Man", the sales growth is indeed a bit too ordinary.

Only more than 40,000 copies were sold in the first week.

If this momentum continues, the game's final sales volume is estimated to be around 500,000 copies.

For most galgame companies on the market, this sales volume is enough to explode.

But for pokeni, it's a bit average.

Qing Zhiyuan analyzed it himself and found that there were several reasons.

The first is that after 7 or 8 years of development, the current galgame market has almost reached its peak.

In actual history, the most glorious era was this era. From the mid-to-late 1990s to the years after the millennium, the overall life cycle was only more than ten years.

After reaching saturation, if there is no way to open up new markets, then the total volume will only be that much.

This is actually an inevitable development of the times.

Therefore, everything must continue to make breakthroughs and innovations in order to maintain its own development.

In other words, it will be difficult for future galgames to be presented in the form of traditional visual novels. Even if they adopt this form, they have to find ways to come up with something new and do some fancy work.

Another reason is pokeni’s own fault.

Who made your galgame so good?

Players' perception threshold is also being continuously raised. To describe it in a simple sentence, it is -

It is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

After players have enjoyed the various delicacies of the past, if the next game fails to surpass the previous one, there will be some impact.

The most typical example is "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Xian 1 is too classic, which makes the 2 that follows appear lackluster.

However, compared to the newly released 467, the second generation is not that bad.

So, everything is in comparison.

When you raise players' expectations too high, subsequent works will be difficult to produce.

This time "To the Moon" is actually a blessing in disguise in a sense, because the display effect at the Tokyo Game Show was not particularly ideal, which led to lower expectations of players.

Then after the sale, the real entity came out, and players discovered that the actual experience of "To the Moon" was much better than the few minutes spent at the Tokyo Game Show.

The reversal of word-of-mouth suddenly broke through the players' [low expectations]

Under such circumstances, "To the Moon" still achieved good results.

Otherwise, it is estimated that the actual sales volume will be lower than what we see now.

Finally, and most importantly, the plot of "To the Moon" is touching and touching, but the plot has caused a lot of controversy, with many praises and criticisms.

It was a little better before there was no Internet. Now that pokeni has built the corresponding forum section, it has shot itself in the foot.

Because many people in the middle have already lost their enthusiasm for the game when they see everyone discussing it.

To the Moon is really a game that absolutely cannot be spoiled.

Once you know the result, when you play the game again, you won't be so moved that you will be shocked by the truth after peeling off the cocoon.

So Qing Zhiyuan reiterated the rules again in the forum:

[Please adhere to the forum’s civilized rules.

Discussion is okay, but no spoilers.

Respect those who come after you.

Even if there are spoilers, please clearly state the spoilers at the front of the post and read with caution. 】

…

"I'm back."

After a busy day's work, Qing Zhiyuan opened the door and returned home.

The room was dark inside, with no lights on.

It seemed particularly quiet.

Qing Zhiyuan smiled mockingly, it seems that Tsuda Nao did not come to his side today.

Both of us have been too busy recently.

I'm so hungry and no one has cooked yet.

It's really too miserable.

Qing Zhiyuan wondered whether he should go have something to eat before coming back.

I'd better go to the refrigerator and look through it first to see if there's anything I can eat, even instant noodles.

However, when he put on his slippers and walked out of the entrance hall, he vaguely heard the sound coming from the room.

"who?"

Could it be a thief?

Qing Zhiyuan picked up the baseball bat from the corner and walked towards the room.

Who knew that when he opened the door, he found Nao Tsuda sitting in front of the TV playing games.

He glanced at it, and in the picture was "To the Moon", with John and Xiaoxi sitting on a broken tree, looking at the stars.

"So you're at home."

Qing Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, put the bat aside and began to take off his clothes.

"Why don't you even turn on the lights at home? It's just a waste of time."

This scene is too weird.

Especially Nao Tsuda is wearing a white nightgown and has short black shoulder-length hair, which is really scary.

…

If she was playing games, Qing Zhiyuan would not be able to disturb her.

I just felt that playing in the dark was too harmful to my eyes, so I turned on the light and returned to the living room.

There is hot cooked food in the pot in the kitchen.

It turned out that Tsuda had already prepared it.

After a while, Tsuda came out of the room.

Today's rice is ginger-roasted, which is to put pork belly into a pot and add seasonings such as ginger and light soy sauce to cook. The bibimbap is especially delicious.

…

The two of them were sitting at the table eating. When Qing Zhiyuan raised his head, he saw Tsuda looking at him with a smile.

"What are you doing, looking at me like this?"

Nao Tsuda smiled and held her chopsticks gently.

"Jiyuan-kun?"

"Um?"

Qing Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment and saw Tsuda Nao walking towards him.

"Thank you."

Nao Tsuda said with a smile.

"Huh?" Qing Zhiyuan frowned and blushed with embarrassment, "Why did you suddenly say such a thing?"

etc.

Could it be that she wants to break up with me?